Configuration Specialist Intern

Your Manager: TMS Product Owner

Team: Global Tech

Location: Chiswick. We operate a hybrid working approach, which allows you to manage your time between home and office.

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo wines.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UKChivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolioPernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, ‘conviviality’ and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

Your new team

Our global Tech team operates in an agile manner within a dynamic product organisation. Immerse yourself in a collaborative environment where innovation thrives, and your contributions will play a direct role in shaping the path of our cutting-edge products. As a key player in our agile setup, you'll have the opportunity to enhance efficiency, foster creativity, and play a pivotal role in our product development process. Become part of a team that embraces adaptability and values continuous improvement, ensuring we stay at the forefront of global technology advancements.
 

The person will manage and lead all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) operations related to the Transportation Management System. This role ensures seamless communication and data exchange between internal systems and external trading partners (carriers, suppliers, customers) to support transportation logistics and supply chain activities. The person will collaborate with cross-functional teams including IT, supply chain, carriers, and vendors to ensure smooth, accurate, and timely transmission of transportation-related data. You will be responsible for system configuration, execution, tracking, risk assessment, and documentation delivery to ensure that configuration management meets or exceeds the expectations of delivery and product teams, including the development and documentation of technical configuration requirements.

Your unique contribution

The responsibilities encompass ensuring the seamless integration of products into both internal and market-developed systems. This involves performing analysis, configurations, interfaces integrations, and tests to verify product quality and performance, ultimately validating deployment.

Product lifecycle management: Analyse requirements from new products, compare them to existing systems specifications. Deep dive on technical and functional specifications, dependencies and interactions between new product and existing systems. Configure required parameters, security settings, options functionalities & modules. Document and create toolkit on the specific set-up of tools. Define and perform required functional, performance, security and compatibility tests. Manage interfaces integrations and integration test. Orchestrate and plan system demos and tests.Incident management: Investigate incidents related to integration and configuration issues at level 2/3 and contribute to resolution Product Catalog Management: Participate in the addition, modification and removal of catalog items from my scope based on the approvals of the Product Owner and the Product and Service Catalog Manager

Your team

Reporting Line (direct/indirect: Product Owner (report on products integration and configuration)

Key internal stakeholders: GES Integration Teams, Other Squad Members (to collaborate with as part of the same agile squad)

Key external stakeholders: Global Logistics Business leads , Suppliers/Carriers, Blue Yonder, System Integrator

Your blend of talent:

Experience in tool configuration (certification is a plus)Knowledge of data integration tools (ETL, APIs, middleware)Good understanding of IT systems configuration and workflow customisationFamiliarity with DevOps, cybersecurity and architectural best practicesAnalytical and problem-solving mindset with a focus on delivering valueAbility to manage priorities under supervisionAccuracy and thoroughness in documenting configurationsStrong communication skills to engage and partner with stakeholders, especially techCuriosity and the ability to learn quicklyFamiliarity with SAP and/ or MDM tools will be a plusFamiliarity with Agile methodologies is a plusDegree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience
 

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.

Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves. 

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking. 

Job Posting End Date:

2025-09-24

Target Hire Date:

2025-10-02

Target End Date: